Following one of our inquiry's data investigations, the conclusion is that too many police forces simply do not have the measures in place to monitor the prevalence of these hideous crimes. Rape Gang Inquiry Statement.

🎓 PDSA Class of 2025! 🎉 Congratulations to our EDG preschool graduates. Watching you grow, learn & blossom into confident young learners has been a joy. 🌟Good luck for your next adventure & we look forward to working with your new schools in September! 👏👏👏 #PortsmouthDSA

Well done Jack - your focus and drive to shine a light on the truth is to be commended!

By their deeds you shall know them. Worthy captain celebrates a worthy life.

🇬🇧 It was a privilege to meet veterans ahead of leading today's debate to protect Northern Irish veterans from prosecution. They risked everything for freedom - but this Labour government wants to see them dragged through the courts.

What a disgrace. Yet again disabled people being abused on an institutional scale and no prosecutions have been mounted. When it suits, the state has time to investigate people for crimes that don’t exist, but in the face of 34 years of CCTV evidence of abuse, no arrests!

🎶Shake it off! We had a brilliant final Music Man Project #Portsmouth session before summer! 🪘🪇🎤Huge thanks to Emma, our amazing practitioner, & to our brilliant members! Back Weds 16 Sept, 5–6pm. All welcome! Rachael Ross MBE Ken Ross OBE

Missed out on a 10mile spot? We've got you! Portsmouth DSA still has FREE places in all runs including the 10m – run for a cause & join this iconic event! Email: [email protected] But hurry – once they’re gone, they’re gone! #GreenArmy #GSR2025 Great Run

The Council for Disabled Children CDC has published/updated 3 sets of guidance for schools on their duties towards disabled pupils commissioned by the DfE Department for Education covering schools, early years and FE colleges. shorturl.at/KrGmr All feedback welcome.

Please check out this important report I pitched to Channel 4 News. It should have been longer but was cut short because of the busy news day.

HAPPY SUMMER! ☀️What a year – our busiest yet! 🎉✅Centre opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 👑 ✅New signage up ✅Launch of Music Man Project #Portsmouth🎶🪘 Huge thanks to all our members, charity partners & supporters your invaluable support this year💚Have a great summer –

Peers have a duty to scrutinise the flawed assisted suicide bill - Politics.co.uk Tanni Grey-Thompson Baroness J Campbell Damian Hinds Stephanie Fraser Frank Cottrell-Boyce Prof Katherine Sleeman Carol Davis David Smith MP 🌹 Russell Rook Living & Dying Well Shabana Mahmood MP Liz "blue tick" Carr - politics.co.uk/comment/2025/0…

Abusers of people with learning disabilities need lengthy prison sentences, there are too many who have been exposed in ‘one off’ situations. We need proper deterrents. Those who rape or sexually assault them, should be facing indefinite jail terms.

Closes 13 August. Concerns about scrapping ECHPs have led to a survey to gather views of parent carers whose child previously, attended a SEN unit or resourced provision, or a school’s own unit for SEND provision. Ty Special Needs Jungle dferesearch.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Z…

A family from Fareham are taking part in this year’s AJ Bell Great South Run weekend to raise funds for Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association 💚 Alice Osbourne and her children Teddy, Alfie and Bea told That's TV more about what the Great South Run means for their family.

I’m delighted to have been selected as the Conservatives Candidate for Mayor of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The campaign starts today! #VoteDonna4Mayor #MayorHantsIOW

Our 11th truck has now arrived with our partners in Kyiv and has been unloaded! Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible! 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦

Pennine Five — Tenant Testimonial. Ben White, CEO of Phlux Technology, shared some lovely words with us.  Get in touch for a tour: ll.ink/8ILawX  #PennineFive #InnovationSpine #DeepTech #StartUps #BusinessDevelopment

Since 2021, we’ve achieved so much together - thanks to all who made it possible! This summer we’ll revisit our milestones before taking our next big steps in autumn 2025. Follow our journey in our upcoming blog series. #NDSPG #NDSPolicyGroup #DownSyndromeAdvocacy Tommy Jessop

We nearly melted in the heat but had a really good fun time introducing my friend and wicked #PeanutButterFalcon actor #ZackGottsagen to #BuckinghamPalace